The Heart

The Heart

120 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1955

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.

The Heart

120 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1955

The Heart
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title こころ
Directors Kon Ichikawa, Toshio Masuda
Writers Katsuhito Inomata, Natsume Sōseki, Keiji Hasebe

Cast

Masayuki Mori

as Nobuchi

Michiyo Aratama

as Shizu, Nobuchi's wife

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Kaji

Shōji Yasui

as Hioki Jiro

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Hioki's mother

Akiko Tamura

as Shizu's mother

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

as Hioki's father

Tsutomu Shimomoto

as Hioki's elder brother

Masami Shimojô

as Employment agent

Tomoko Naraoka

as Kume, the maid

Akira Hisamatsu

as Travelling monk

Zenji Yamada

as Nobuchi's uncle

Keiji Itami

as Kaji's father

Kiyoshi Kamoda

as Doctor

Nobuo Kawakami

as Undertaker

Kaoru Yamamoto

as Lady of the lodgings